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Protests and alliances

Last week’s G8/G20 meetings were meant to showcase Canada to the world. The Canadian government spent nearly $1 billion on security, so why did the event end in violent protests and mass arrests? We look at media comment.

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Milliarde

Cuts are not enough

Budget cuts — national and international — are the main focus of media attention this week. We look at comments on austerity measures from Britain as well as from the G20 nations.

Haushaltskürzungen

Sparmaßnahmen

Pot luck

We look at media comment on the fight by EU countries to save jobs in Opel factories, as well as on Australia’s strong economy and Barack Obama’s decision to send 13,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.

Anti-G20 demo in London earlier this year. Photo: www.flickr.com/photos/solarider

Winners and losers

US: When finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Pittsburgh for the G-20 summit, they'll be discussing key issues in the global economy. Protesters in the city will also make their voices heard.

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Schlüsselfragen

A new world order

Now that the G20 summit is over, it’s time to repair the banking system, which, according to the Financial Times, originally caused the crisis.

Gipfel(treffen)

Gaffe

I once made a terrible gaffe. I hadn’t seen a colleague for a while and I asked him how his beautiful wife was doing. He told me she was doing fine — only doing it with someone else.

Fauxpas, taktlose Bemerkung

Success or disappointment? Photo: Looi / newsteam

Language from G20

Depending on your political views, the G20 summit was either a great success or a huge disappointment. We look at the language used to describe the outcome.

Gipfel(treffen)

Ergebnis

Right words in wrong mouths

The problem with the UK and US positions at the G20 summit is a fundamental one: they are all mouth and no money, writes The Guardian.

Gipfel

große Klappe und nichts dahinter

Up, down or nowhere?

Despite the efforts to stabilize the international financial system, we can expect further turbulence on the world's stock markets, with wild swings up and down in reponse to the latest news. But what goes down doesn't necessarily come back up.

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Quiz: "ball" or "havoc"?

“The G20 plan for global financial reform will only work if the new US administration plays ____.”

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